Another thing that I just remembered about that Glitch Works replacement -
I think I had to bend up one of the pins to get it to fit in the board -
there simply wasn't a hole for it.  This doesn't seem to have caused any
problems, and apparently there was an alternate pinout for the DS1287 that
explains why this was necessary.  Unfortunately I didn't take any photos of
the replacement installed.

Hope your replacement goes smoothly, the board in my 927LX was very nicely
made so I have high hopes for yours.

-Rob

On Tue, Feb 21, 2023 at 3:56 PM Frank McConnell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Feb 19, 2023, at 23:12, Robert Liesenfeld wrote:
> > First off, thanks for the reports on the ZuluSCSI!  It’s great to see so
> > many options in the marketplace for replacing dwindling stocks of
> spinning
> > disks.
>
> What worries me is that SCSI2SD is a somewhat recent and well-known option
> but its availability was not so good about a month ago, and due to problems
> sourcing the components used in its design.  I got to thinking it might be
> useful to find out if the ZuluSCSI boards work because it appeared that
> they were slightly more available than either SCSI2SD or BlueSCSI.
>
> Anyway, yeah it would be a good idea to have some idea what works and how
> well.
>
> > For the DS1287, I can report that the replacement board made by
> Glitchworks
> > and sold on Tindie works well.  It was easy to install on my 927LX main
> > board, but of course does require desoldering the old chip and soldering
> in
> > the Glitchworks product.  Once that’s done you just have to clear the
> chip
> > contents with an ISL utility and set the date and time.  I posted about
> > this a while back when I was going through this process, just search for
> > DS1287 in the archives.
> >
> > Here’s a link to the Glitchworks board
> >
> https://www.tindie.com/products/glitchwrks/gw-12887-1-ds12887-rtc-replacement-module/
>
> Thanks.  Just ordered one.  That probably will be helpful; through-hole
> component replacement with a soldering iron is something I can usually do
> successfully.  I had been thinking to cut into the top of the DS1287 so I
> could disconnect its internal battery and hook up a coin cell holder for a
> CR2032 and have got some of those on the way too.  (I have enough stuff
> that uses CR2032s to keep some on hand.)  But this would look better if
> someone thinks to look inside the case, and that it fits and works is good
> to know.
>
> -Frank McConnell
>
>

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